Alpha Natural Resources to commence work on Coalfields Expressway after Virginia designates funds

摘要

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. is prepared to commence the first phase of road construction and coal recovery on the 51-mile section of the Coalfields Expressway (CFX) in southwestern Virginia after state officials said that funds had been approved for the project to get underway. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine announced during a press conference April 4 in Abingdon that two initial 5 million dollars Transportation Partnership Opportunity Fund grants had been approved to start work on two sections of the expressway. One of those sections, the two-mile Hawk's Nest segment, will be where Alpha will remove coal while building a rough grade road bed for the CFX.